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Farmer-Rick

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9. There was an old study out there

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 10:43 AM

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I think it was back in the 90s when I was in the Navy.

The study noted a 30% increase in fires when morale was low. Small fires do break out on ships and boats, especially when equipment is being used constantly with no downtime. The 30% increase stuck in my head because it seemed so high.

But when sailors are unhappy and demoralized, there is a noted increase in them.

There are some more current studies that explain why it happens, but I couldn't find the study that quantified it.

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Fire aboard Navy destroyer USS Higgins, officials say [View all] BumRushDaShow Friday OP

But I guess it's interesting that these incidents suddenly are" Ray Bruns Friday #1

And why we trained so hard and often to deal with them paleotn Friday #6

Sabotage for exceedingly long deployments? Mawspam2 Friday #2

"...speaking under condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly." Simeon Salus Friday #3

In this environment, who can blame them? paleotn Friday #4

Perhaps I didn't make my point adequately Simeon Salus Friday #7

You're suggesting that a report from unnamed sources about a fire onboard a destroyer is deliberate propaganda? harumph Friday #10

Having the world's largest aircraft carrier's black water system disabled by sailors doesn't make sense either. Simeon Salus Friday #13

If they were feeding me the shit we see in pictures, I would burn the damn thing down as well Bev54 Friday #5

Fires aboard ship are terrifying -- 70sEraVet Friday #8

There was an old study out there Farmer-Rick Friday #9

Morale gets low when people are being worked for 15 hrs straight day after day. harumph Friday #11

The deployment is TOO LONG! Fucking shitstain dave99 Friday #12